Re: I will no longer help Allopathic followers!

Hi Isis,

I haven't actually met very many of you yet, but I would like to chime in on this discussion if you don't mind.

I had Breast Cancer 7 years ago. I am in Kentucky (United States) and didn't know of any holistic or natural-type healers here. I went to one about 20 years ago who also had a medical degree. Unfortunately, he appears to have been a 'quack', and I paid him over $500 for nothing. He lost his M.D. license and relocated farther south. That experience made me suspicious of holistic medicine for a long time. It's only been recently that I have seen another doctor highly recommended by a friend. His rates are reasonable and he didn't try to sell me a ton of stuff from his own storage room.

When I had Breast Cancer I had no choice but to go the route of conventional medicine. I had a full mastectomy and harsh chemotherapy. The doctor wanted to do a lumpectomy only; I wanted the whole breast gone. Turns out I was right because the tissue sample showed that the breast was loaded with pre-cancerous cells of a 'highly invasive nature'. I kept thinking of the Bible saying "If the eye,(or hand or anything else) offends, cut it off." I know the meaning of that passage of Scripture is slightly different from my interpretation, but that's how it spoke to me at the time.

I would imagine it would be a terribly difficult decision to make if I had had the choice of a holistic doctor or conventional medicine. Of course, insurance would only pay for conventional treatment so that would largely figure into the choice.

Anyway, I have your mother in my prayers that God will use the medicine to heal her. I fully understand and support someone's decision for treatment, no matter which type of treatment they choose.

Yes, chemo is terribly harsh. I felt like I was being poisoned to death. I told the nurse that and she said, "That's how it's supposed to make you feel. It's killing the cancer." My hair fell out, but it came back. I ate foods that I now have an aversion to. But I'm alive and cancer-free. I have an oncologist following my progress so I get regular tests and blood work that wouldn't be available to me outside the conventional medicine arena - I simply couldn't afford all of this. It's expensive even with insurance. Also, I have scars. I don't care. I'm alive.

The chemo brought on premature menopause, I was only 43 at the time. Unbelieveable hot flashes (still), weight gain, and now my thyroid has failed.

So the way I look at it, I put myself in the hands of doctors when I had cancer. Perhaps some of the treatment messed up some of my bodily functions. Now I'm stepping in and taking control myself. The doctor I see, "Dr. Bill", checked my blood with a finger stick and is giving me supplements that he knows I need; things that conventional doctors wouldn't even look at.

I know why I got cancer. I was in an abusive, terrible marriage and truly wanted to die to escape my pain. I didn't consider a suicide plan because I had two children, but I would often think of death as being the ultimate relief and rest. I believe that continual thought process for several years weakened my immune system and cancer started forming. I'm far more spiritually aware and beginning to be educated on how to control my own health.

Sorry this turned out to be so long. I tend to be talkative :)

I enjoy this site and am learning a lot.

~Elishebeth